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  • John Oxenham To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low: And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man decideth. The way his soul shall go.
    John Oxenham
    English journalist, writer and poet (ps. of William Arthur Dunkerley) (1852 - 1941)
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  • E. M. Cioran To exist is equivalent to an act of faith, a protest against the truth, an interminable prayer. As soon as they consent to live, the unbeliever and the man of faith are fundamentally the same, since both have made the only decision that defines a being.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Benjamin Tucker To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Robert A. Heinlein To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • William Ellery Channing To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • John Locke To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Baruch Spinoza To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Oscar Wilde To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Alan Paton To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.
    Alan Paton
    South African author and anti-apartheid activist (1903 - 1988)
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  • Horace To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Margaret Oliphant To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.
    Margaret Oliphant
    British writer, historian (1828 - 1897)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Joseph Conrad To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Sir William Osler To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.
    Sir William Osler
    Canadian Physician (1849 - 1919)
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  • Oscar Wilde To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Aldous Huxley To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us..
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Elvis Presley To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.
    Aantekening op zijn bijbel
    Elvis Presley
    American singer, musician, and actor (1935 - 1977)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Paul Auster To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.
    Timbuktu (2010) 59
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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